A/N: Wow! I'm amazed at how many reviews I've gotten in less than 24 hours! Oh yeah and thanks for the tip. My spell checker didn't like the Hayley spelling… I'll just have to fix that. Anyway, here's the second chapter!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except for my computer, the software on it, a 2 liter of Pepsi, and some sour glow worms that smell funny… Anyway, have fun reading!
Falling Legacy
Chapter 2: Discoveries and Half Truths
Shock and concern was all Hayley and the trio felt a mere second later. Just the mere concept of Dr. O being in the hospital for some unknown reason terrified them.
"D-do you know which h-hospital he was taken to?" Kira finally managed to ask the boy.
"Um… I think it was St. Frances…" the boy replied.
"Thank you. Hayley… lets go. I can't stand the thought of Dr. O in the hospital with no one he knows to be there with him." Soon enough, the rangers found themselves asking for directions to St. Frances hospital.
"What do you think is wrong with him?" Connor pondered as they searched for a parking space.
"I'm hoping that it's nothing and that it's just a false alarm." Kira replied as she mentally prayed that her hopes would be found out to be a reality.
"Somehow I doubt that, Kira, it's a nice thing to think, but there's got to be a reason that he needed to be taken to the hospital by ambulance, and I highly doubt that it's nothing to be concerned about." Haley said as they found their way into the information desk.
"Excuse me, but we're looking for Thomas Oliver, we're friends of his and we were told he was brought here by ambulance sometime yesterday?" Haley asked the young woman at the desk.
"One moment please…" The woman walked elsewhere for a few moments and then came back. "He's in room 314 on the third floor. Here's your visitors passes. It's so nice that someone has finally decided to come and visit him, he's been in here too often without visitors."
"Thank you." Haley said quietly, not sure that the woman had heard her.
"Did she just say that Dr. O's been in this hospital before and had no visitors, or did I just hear wrong?" Connor asked, his voice very quiet compared to his usual loud demeanor.
"If you heard wrong, Connor, then all of us did." Anyone could tell that Kira was on the verge of crying just by her voice.
"Here we are…" Haley stopped to stare at the numbers by the door and gulped. The four of them were afraid of what condition they would find their friend in.
"Well, here goes…" Connor opened the door and the first thing that caught their eyes was the television and how the channels were being changed every few seconds.
"C'mon, Tommy, lets play Donkey Kong, best out of ten gets extra dessert!" they heard a young boy's weak voice say.
"Oh sure, you just want to get out of eating the tapioca pudding." The television flipped to a channel where they showed footage of a recent monster attack on Reefside. "Oh no…"
"C'mon, it's just a monster attack, lets play a game! Any game, heck, My mom even brought some board games. I'm bored Tommy, I hate it here, it stinks and the food is even worse. I wish my gramma could bring some of her cooking so I could share it with you. She makes the best smoothies!"
"Okay, how about the loser has to…. Ring the nurse to bring some….. Jello!"
"You're just saying that because you don't like tapioca pudding either…"
"I guess your right about that, but I do know both of us like Jello, then we can even have a Jello fight."
"You're on!" Suddenly the television switched to a Mortal Kombat game.
"I call dibs on Sub Zero!"
"Then I get Scorpion!"
"Tommy?" Hayley questioned, walking up to Tommy's bed.
"Haley? What are you doing here?" Tommy asked, a hint of nervousness in his voice.
"We're here because we're worried about you." Kira said as she and the others grabbed a seat next to their former teacher.
"How did you find me?" Tommy asked his fingers moving expertly tapping the buttons on the controller as his Sub Zero character pummeled Scorpion.
"If it weren't for Hayley, we wouldn't have found you at all. Ethan searched everywhere he could think of." Connor said.
"Tommy, how come you're in the hospital?" Haley looked at Tommy seriously.
"Just a rather nasty virus that is a little unwilling to go away…" Tommy answered, his eyes focused on the television screen.
"Tommy, we know you've been here more than once. From what the nurse at the information desk said, apparently you're in and out of here quite often." Haley pressed on, knowing that Tommy wasn't telling the whole truth and was for some reason, avoiding it. Tommy frowned and continued playing the game.
"It's just a virus, Hayley; I'll be fine in a couple of weeks." Tommy tried to assure them that he'd be fine. "So, why isn't Trent with you guys?"
"He's holding the fort at the Cyberspace. He actually volunteered for the job." Connor replied.
"That's nice, how are all of you? Ethan, you're looking… different."
"We're all fine. I'm just dressed differently than you remember. I own a software company that is a strong rival to Microsoft!"
"Nice, and I thought you just wanted to work for Microsoft when you were in high school."
"Well, I think I did a lot better than that, don't you?" Ethan said in reply as he brushed a bit of dust off his shirt.
"How about you Kira? I've been trying to find you on MTV but have had no luck."
"Well let's just say my band hasn't gotten that big… yet."
"Cool, Connor, I know you're a big soccer brain now, what does it feel like to wear the big boy cleats?"
"Hey, I was wearing the big boy cleats in high school, Dr. O, you know that. But it feels great to have several pairs though." Connor laughed. "Oh yeah, and did you know, that every pair is red?"
"Can't give up the color red eh? If you were me you would have had to have a wardrobe color change every few years. Anyway it's getting late and visitor times are supposed to over now. Why don't you come back tomorrow or something, actually why not bring Trent. I'd like to see him as well. It would put me at ease after that attack on TV."
"Okay, Dr. O, see ya!" Connor said.
"Same here Dr. O… hope you get better soon." Kira cracked a small smile.
"Yeah, Dr. O, we'll get Trent down here if we have to drag him by his hair." Ethan joked.
"See you Tommy, and please get better soon.."
"Hey Tommy, I beat you! You have to call Janet and ask for the Jello!" Nick called.
"Aw man! I'll be outta here before you know it, you guys, now I have a date with the cafeteria lady!" Tommy said as the four friends slowly exited the room.
As soon as they were gone, Tommy let out a huge sigh.
"Hey Tommy, why did you lie to your friends like that?" Nick asked.
"Because, I don't want them to worry and then smother me with it. You know how your family members react and bring you all kinds of things and always worry? I don't want that kind of attention."
"You'll tell them the truth next time won't you? You told me that it's not good to lie about being sick."
"Somehow I get the feeling they'll figure it out for themselves… Now, are we going to have that Jello fight or what?" Tommy pressed a white button on a remote like device and a nurse came in right away.
A/N2: Well there you go, another chapter, this one is almost 3 pages on Microsoft Word!
I know it's another cliffhanger, but they seem to work well for this story. I know you all will love it! Please Read and Review!